Arieh Navon, painter, caricaturist and stage
designer,
Caricaturist of newspaper, "Davar", 1933-64.
Illustrated poetry and
children's books and
designed theater sets and costumes;
in 1975 he was chosen
by the ITI (International
Theater Institute) as one of the best creative
theater
set designers, including the sets for most
of Shakespeare's plays produced in
Israel.
Education:
1922-26 Herzliyah Gymnasium
1928-29 Studio of Yitzhak Frankel, Tel
Aviv
1930-32 Institute d'Esthetique Contemporain, Paris, France
Teaching:
Avni Institute, Tel Aviv
Kibbutz Seminar, Tel Aviv.
Awards And Prizes:
1948 Dizengoff Prize
1939 Dizengoff Prize for,
Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1941 Jerusalem Prize, Municipality of
Jerusalem
1944 Jerusalem Prize, Municipality of Jerusalem
1958 Sokolov
Prize for Journalism
1960 Torch Trophy Prize for Theater Art, Ma'ariv
newspaper
1967 David's Harp Prize for Theaetr Art, Yediot Aharonot
newspaper
1972 Prize for Theatre Art, The Council for the Arts
1978 Meir
Margolis Prize in Theater Art
1996 Israel Prize for Painting